NewsFAO Food Price Index rose 1.5% in September
The FAO index averaged 136.0 points in September 2026, up 2.0 points or 1.5% from the revised August level.
Event / data period: 2026-09
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IllustrationCereal, vegetable-oil and sugar sub-indices rose month over month, while the meat index fell and dairy was stable. FAO said the overall index was 5.8% above a year earlier but remained 15.1% below its March 2022 peak.
The sugar index recorded the strongest monthly gain among groups, rising 6.1%. Some prices used for the latest meat-index months are not yet available, so FAO derives those values from a mixture of projected and observed prices and notes that revisions can follow.
Data
FAO food price indicators
Monthly international commodity price index and five commodity groups.
- FAO Food Price Index
- 136 index points
- 2026-09 · Observed
- Cereal Price Index
- 122.8 index points
- 2026-09 · Observed
- Vegetable Oil Price Index
- 198.6 index points
- 2026-09 · Observed
- Meat Price Index
- 127.9 index points
- 2026-09 · Estimate
- Sugar Price Index
- 114 index points
- 2026-09 · Observed
Methodology
The aggregate averages five group indices weighted by 2014–2016 average export shares. The latest meat-index values use both observed and projected prices.
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